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July 4, 2013

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Chinese beachgoers play on an algae covered public beach in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province on July 4, 2013. The seas off China have been hit by their largest ever growth of algae, ocean officials said, with vast waves of green growth washing onto the shores of the Yellow Sea. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images

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Chinese beachgoers play on an algae covered public beach in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province on July 4, 2013. The seas off China have been hit by their largest ever growth of algae, ocean officials said, with vast waves of green growth washing onto the shores of the Yellow Sea. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images